Canadian Federal Election, 1925 (AlternateCanada1925)

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Next Election
The Canadian Federal election of 1925 was held on October 29th to elect Members of the House of Commons to the 15th Parliament of Canada. The Progressives, led by Robert Forke, scored an upset victory, unseating the Liberal government of W.L Mackenzie King and sending the Liberals into third place. This would be the last Liberal government in Canada's history, as the party began to fade into oblivion after 1925.

Party

Party Leader

Leader's Seat

Seats Won

Seat Change

Popular Vote

Percentage

Change

Progressive

Robert Forke

Brandon

97

+39

1,120,563

35.4%

+14.3

Conservative

Arthur Meighen

Grenville

85

+36

1,103,692

34.8%

+4.9

Liberal

W. L. Mackenzie King

York North (Lost Re-Election)

42

-76

782,514

24.7%

-16.6

Labour

J. S. Woodsworth

Winnipeg North-Centre

9

+6

85,481

2.7%

=

United Farmers

None

N/A

6

+3

19,512

0.6%

-0.2

Independents

N/A

N/A

6

+2

43,517

1.4%

-1.6

Other

N/A

N/A

0

=

12,322

0.3%

-0.8

Total

-

-

245

-

3,167,601

100%

-

Seats won By Province

Party

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QB

NB

NS

PE

YK

Total Seats

Progressive

5

8

17

11

42

9

3

2

0

0

97

Conservative

7

2

1

2

31

20

8

10

3

1

85

Liberal

0

1

3

1

4

31

0

1

1

0

42

Labour

1

1

0

3

2

1

0

1

0

-

9

United Farmers

-

4

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

6

Independent

1

0

0

0

1

4

0

0

0

-

6

Total

14

16

21

17

82

65

11

14

4

1

245

Aftermath

This election resulted in a surprise victory for the centre-left Progressive Party, led by Manitoba MP Robert Forke. The Liberal government of W.L Mackenzie King was decimated, falling to third place behind the Progressives and Conservatives, who regained official opposition status, and only narrowly lost the popular vote to the Progressives. After the election. King would agree to support the Progressive-led government, but was removed as leader by the more right-leaning element of his party led by William Stevens Fielding, in 1926, forcing Canada to go to the polls again again a year later in 1927 under Fielding's leadership.